On August 4, SK hynix rose 3.01% in pre-market trading, trading at approximately $147.04/share, with turnover of $34.96 million.
On the news front, RBC Capital Markets initiated coverage on SK hynix with an Outperform rating and a $200 price target, while Stifel simultaneously initiated a Buy rating with a $240 target, sending a dual bullish signal that reinforced market confidence. Additionally, Moody's upgraded SK hynix's credit rating to A3 with a stable outlook, further affirming the company's improved credit profile amid strengthening competitiveness in the AI memory market.
Meanwhile, SK hynix and SanDisk jointly published the industry's first High Bandwidth Flash (HBF) standard specification through the Open Compute Project, with Google and Tenstorrent joining the alliance. HBF is positioned as a new memory tier between HBM and SSDs, supporting up to 512GB capacity and 0.4-3.0TB/s bandwidth via UCIe open interconnect standards. The prior trading session saw SK hynix decline over 3.75% after UBS lowered its target price and the Korean KOSPI index slumped, making today's rebound notable.
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